Hopper-bottom car.



PATENTED MAR. 1, 1904. J. MGE. AMES, J. P. LYON & G. E. RUSSELL.

HOPPER BOTTOM OAR.

APPLICATION FILED SBP-12. 14, 190s.

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HOPPER BOTTOMUAR.

APPLICATION FILED sEPT.14, 1903.

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HOPPEB. BOTTOM OAR.

APrLIoATIoN FILED SEPT. 14, 1903. No MODEL. 5 SHEETS-SHEET a.

PATENTED MAR. 1, 1904. J. P. LYON & G. E. RUSSELL.

J. MGE. AMES,

HOPPER BOTTOM OAR.

APPLIUATION FILED SEPT. 14, 1903.

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HOPPER BOTTOM GAR.

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UNITED I STATES vPatented March 1, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN MCE. AMES, JOSEPH P. LYON, lAND GEORGE E. RUSSELL` OF YORK, N. Y., ASSIGN ORS TO 'AMERICAN CARl & FOUNDRY COMPANY, OF

ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

Al-loF'PizFi-Bcirrolvl CAR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 753,653, dated March 1, 1904.

. Application nea september 14,1903. serialize. 173,201. (Nomads.)

To all whomit may concern.: Be it known that we, J oHN MCEAMES, JosErn':V P. LYON, and GEORGE E.`RUssEnL; citizens of the United States, residing atNew York, State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement'in Hopper- BottomCars, of which the followingv is a full, clear, and exact description, such as will-enable others skilled in the art to which itap- IO pertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevational view of one end of the car. nal section of the same.

- of one end of the car. Fig. 4 -isa similar view of the underframe. Fig. V5 is a vdivided sectional view, and Fig. 6 is anfend view. This invention relates yto improvements in 2O hopper-bottom cars of that type wherein the side walls not only act as plate-girders, but also as upper chords for atrussed side framing, said trussed side framing carrying. side hopper-sheets, to the lower edge of which are connected a cross-beam, preferably at the center of the car, said cross-beam being located in a plane under the center sills, which center sills are supported thereby. The center sills are preferably continuous from bolster to bolster and may extend beyond the-bolsters to carry the draft-rigging. The cross-ridge sheet is arched over the cross-beam to act as a'shed for the contents of the car, and in addition to this function said cross ridge or beam, connected to he lower edge of the side hopper-sheets van being a triangular section, acts as a lateral stiffener as well as contributing to the strength of the cross-beam to support the vertical load imparted thereto through the me- 40 dium of the superposed center sill. v

Our invention consists in-the construction, arrangement, and combination of the several parts, all a's will hereinafter bedescribed and afterward pointed out in the claims. I y

Referring to thedrawings, 1 represents the center sills, 2 the end sills, and 3 the plategirder sides. 4 represents angular braces secured theretoand extending diagonally from Fig. 3 is a plan view Fig. 2 is a central longitudithe angle 5 to the angle 6. This side construction-maybe said to be a combination plategirder 'side and trussed framing in that the wall 3 while acting as aplate-girder to a certain extent also acts as an upper chord of a trussed structure, of which'the angle 6 is the lower chord and the inclined braces 4 the struts.

The sills 1 are'channels, with their flanges preferably disposed outwardly, while secured 4 to the web portion of' said sills are angles 7 extending obliquely downwardly between the iianges of said sills. Upon the opposite side of said sills are secured substantially triangular flanged plates 8, the flanges of said latter plates, like 7, projecting outwardly, or in the direction of the side plates of the car, whereby said ianges provide suitable supporting means fory the -inclined end walls 9, which, with the side hopper-sheets 3, form the hopl per-section of the car.

' Along the lower edges of the hopper-sections `are secured angles 11, adapted to form the usual door-frame for the hopper dischargeopening.

' Connected with the side hopper-sheets 3l1 of the hopper-section and extending transversely across the car below the continuous center sills 1 is an I-beam 12, which is connected with said hopper-sheets 3a by'means of the brackets.13, as best shown'in Eig. 2.

There are two discharge-openings for the hopper-section, .and a plurality of doors 1 4 are supported in position bythe usual links 15.'

The cross-ridge is preferably in the form of' a continuous sheet 16, extending from one door-opening above the girder 12 to the other door-opening, said sheet rising to the center sills 1 at its apex, as shown in dotted lines in Fig.. 1 and in full lines in Fig. 2.

Between the center sills is secured a anged plate 17, which extends downwardly therefrom and is joined at its edges to the plates 8, thereby forming a closure at each end of the hopper-section to prevent leakage thereat .between the center sills.

Extending transversely across the car and supported upon the bolsters is a lattice-work composed of angles 18, with suitably-connected gussetplates, whereby the inclined end walls 9 of the car are suitably supported. The bolster supporting these members consists of suitable web-plates 19, with angles 2Qsecured along the lower edges thereof, said web-plates and angles terminating at the center sills, while a bottom plate 2l extends vsubstantially the length of the bolster and across belovs7 the said sills.

Secured along the upper edges of the webplates 19 are continuous angles 22, extending across above the center sills, while a top cover-plate 23 substantially coextensive with the bolster is connected with said angles 22 and extends across above the center sills, as best shown in Fig. 5.

A continuous crown 24 extends above the center sills from end wall 9, to the corresponding end wall .at the opposite end, and said crown is in substantially the same plane from end to end.

`It will be observed with respect to the arrangement of parts at the bottom of the hopper-body that the space under the center sills and on each side of the cross-headV 16 is open, so that the contents of the car may occupy this space and by so doing add to the capacity of the car, and, furthermore, that the door-openings are continuous from side hopper-sheet to side hopper-sheet.

We are aware that minor changes in the construction, arrangement, and combination of the several parts of our device can be made and substituted for those herein shown and described without in the least departing from the nature and principle of our invention.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a hopper-bottom car, side walls, a continuous cross-girder connected thereto, continuous center sills above said cross-girder, and a cross-ridge connected with said crossgirder and said side walls; substantially as described.

2. In ahopper-bottom car, the 'combination with side walls, bolsters, braces connecting said bolsters and side walls, side hoppersheets, continuous center sills, a continuous4 by angles secured to the aforesaid longitudinal beams; substantially as described.

4. In a hopper-car, side sheets, a crossgirder extending continuously from side to side, and connected to the side sheets, inclined end sheets, doors extending across the opening between the side sheets, a' cross-ridge below the sills of the underi'raming of the car, and suitable opening and closing apparatus for the doors; substantially a described.

5. In a hopper-car, side walls, a continuous cross girder connected thereto, continuous center sills above said cross-girder, and a crossridge interposed between the crossgirder and the center sills; substantially as described.

6. In a hopper-bottom car, side sheets, continuous center sills, sheets, a longitudinal deiiecting ridge extending in substantially the same plane from end to end, a continuous crossgirder supporting said center sills, said girder being connected with said sills and said side sheets, and adapted to support said sills and.

said deiiecting crown, and a cross-ridge supported between the crossgirder and the longitudinal sills, substantially as described.

7. In a hopper-bottom car, a longitudinal deiiecting crown extending past a plurality of hopper-openings, and supporting means therefor comprising side sheets, a continuous crossgirderconnected with said side sheets, continuous center sills, and a cross-ridge connecte ed to the cross-girder below the center sills;

substantially as described.

8. In a hopper-bottom car, continuous center sills, side sheets, a cross-girder below the plane of said center sills and connected with said side sheets, a cross-ridge supported by the cross-girder, a bolster divided at the cen ter sills, and continuous angles connected with bolster members and extending across said center sills; substantially as described.

9. In a car, the combination with side walls, of a cross-girder of triangular form, and center sills supported by and above said crossgirder; substantially as described.A

10. In a car, the combination with side walls, and a center sill, of a cross-girder of triangular form attached to said side walls and extending under said center sill; substantially as described.

11. In a car, the combination with side walls, of a cross-girder comprising an I-beam and an arched plate forming a cross-ridge of triangular form; substantially as described.

12. In a car, the combination with side walls, of a cross-girder comprising an I-beam and an arched plate forming across-ridge of triangular form and resting on the top flange of the I-beam; substantially as described.

13. In a car, the combination with the longitudinal center sills, a cross-beam below the center sills, and an arched plate secured be tween the lower flanges of the center sills and IIO the upper anges of the cross-beam; substan- In testimony whereof We hereunto affix our tially as described. signatures, in the presence of two Witnesses,

14:. In la ear, the conbination with the side this 31st day of August, 1903. walls anc the longitu inal center sills, of a 5 continuous cross-beam below the center sills and connected to the side Walls, and an arched GEORGE RUSSELL plate below the center sills and intermediately supported on the cross-beam and having the Witnesses:

ends of its lower edges connected to the side' PHILIP B. SHERIDAN, IO walls of the car; substantially as described. J EssE Y. GLENN. 

